Chapter 5998 Full Inquiry
- First light pried at the horizon, a weak blade of silver cutting through the spiritual haze above Jade Immortal City. It did nothing for the knot twisting in Quentin’s gut; the whole manor felt braced for bad news.
- Inside the Executioners’ Quarters duty room the air was worse, as if frost had been packed into the walls and told never to melt.
- Four enforcers stood below him, faces leached of color, sweat shining on their lowered brows. None dared draw a full breath.